History of Biomedical Sciences

“History of biomedical sciences” involves reflecting upon the historical dimension of science, including the people and institutions associated in this specific field of social life and the socio-cognitive processes and practices involved in the production of knowledge as a collective venture. Investigations are made of the specific features of scientific work as a constitutive part of the modern world at different historical times, as well as the processes by which it was institutionalized in Brazil. This concentration encompasses research into institutions, ideas, groups, scientific biographies and trajectories; medicine, psychiatry (and other psychology-related areas); the relationships between social thinking, interpretations of Brazil, and scientific institutions and knowledge; the relationships between race, health and society; the circulation of knowledge and international relations in science; gender relations in science; scientific and intellectual conceptions of nature; and relationships between human beings and the environment.